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Well, if they decided to shut down the auto plants in Ontario for lack of energy, the plants in Michigan would soon have to close for lack of parts. They're very intermingled in their supplies and parts organizations.

Those are solidly Republican states. Why would Biden care what happened to them?

Exactly why do you like her? Because lawyers make such great politicians? Because of her great accomplishments in life? It seems me the only reason that she seems to appeal to right-wing conservatives is she's antiabortion and anti-vax. Neither of those positions is going to help the party get...

That depends entirely on what you get instead. Mulroney had a lot of experience running a large organization but was still a crook. And God save us from an ignorant, narcissistic, sociopathic moron like Trump.

Also seeing a lot of racist authoritarianism and nationalism on display from the Chinese government these days...

I have not erased any posts. What was the subject you wanted clarity on. Was it possibly my original answer about Trudeau and his experience before becoming leader? Because i was revealing my age there. My instant thought was it referred to the elder Trudeau. I quickly realized my error after...

Quillette has another interesting piece on this today, on the habit of the liberal elites who now rule here to apologize for everything, to take on a mantle of shame and regret not just for past injustices but for the mere existence of this country. Calling anyone but natives 'settlers' for...

Yes, true. But I didn't see any great bravery during their majority term either.

Ontario voters are always sensitive to national unity issues. If you brought in a unilingual leader without a solid effort to reach out to Quebec it would cost you votes there, and possibly elsewhere, like in BC and the Atlantic provinces. The English language media would be even more outraged...

I'm saying he's like Harper in how tentative and pragmatic Harper was about applying real conservative principles to things. He did nothing about the mess which is natives, didn't dare even try to reform our horribly inefficient health care system to bring in some private care, let the military...

Yeah, kind of unrealistic, I'm afraid. Not only would it cost you seats in Quebec but lots in Ontario. There is a way to do it, if you have a really charismatic leader to make up for some losses, and he has a strong Quebec lieutenant who he would say would be his deputy PM if elected and who...

Learn to use the quote feature and then I'd know which post you're trying to reply to.

Please explain what post you're replying to.

I came across this longish article in Quillette today. It struck me how similar a lot of the historical warnings we have been given by great philosophers resemble present times. It's also a great and simple explanation of why Marxism has always failed as a political system. In The Republic...

Trudeau is an incompetent fool. We don't need another. Even if she is from the other side of the spectrum. If we're going to put a unilingual leader up there, and I'm not necessarily opposed to that, there are plenty of smart, long-serving MPs and provincial premiers to choose from.

On the contrary. He IS a lot like Stephen Harper in how tentative and pragmatic he is in abandoning conservative views when he thinks they might get in the way of getting himself elected. Harper had a set of lucky circumstances which allowed him to win, that's all. He was a smart guy and savvy...

And doesn't speak a word of French, and has zero experience in politics or in supervising or leadership. She's utterly unqualified to be PM in every respect.

I agree with Murphy, but I would have said the same about the Scheer leadership, as well. Even Harper, though he won through a variety of lucky circumstances, avoided putting forth strong conservative views which would draw the anger of the progressive media. The problem is that the Tories elect...

It would be nice if some of the candidates for the Tory leadership would talk about that, but none of them have the balls except, ironically, Kellie Lietch, who has no balls. Unfortunately, she also has the charisma of a dead toad, and electing her to the Tory leadership would have champagne...